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Video Evidence and Eye Witness Accounts: Why People See Different things
... When someone retrieves a memory, they “aren't playing a recording back,” explains Elizabeth Loftus, a psychology professor at the University of California, Irvine. Rather “we are constructing” that memory, she says. In other words, the brain collects bits and pieces of information, sometimes from different times and places, and forges them into a memory. “Once that happens, it’s not easy to separate out what piece came from where,” Loftus adds.
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Jennifer Eberhardt Is Analyzing Police Bias With AI
To most people, footage from a police body cam is only useful as evidence. To Jennifer Eberhardt, it’s a rich source for research, full of data that can help explain—and maybe even level—the disparities in the treatment of Black people and others within the criminal-justice system. Eberhardt, a professor of both psychology and organizational behavior at Stanford University and a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “genius grant,” studies bias and how a cultural association between Black Americans and crime can affect not just what people think, but also what they notice and remember, and how they punish. Eberhardt’s most famous experiments found novel ways to uncover unconscious bias.
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Why Does Orange Juice Taste Bad After You Brush Your Teeth?
It’s a mistake you hopefully only make once. In your morning rush to get ready, you brush your teeth before you head to the kitchen and down a big glass of orange juice. Yuck! What makes your clean, minty mouth taste so gross when it meets OJ? The short answer is that toothpaste contains a detergent that dissolves fat. And since your taste buds are partly made of fat, they are disrupted whenever you brush your teeth. Before you decide you need to stop brushing your teeth to save your taste buds, know that this disruption is temporary, lasting only a few minutes. Brushing with toothpaste is still important for your health. But how does this change in taste happen?
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
Recent content covering gender bias, artificial intelligence, creativity, socialization, and much more.
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Cannabis May Help Some Communities Cope with Gun Violence
A new study examines the role of cannabis on the well-being of street-identified Black Americans in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Yes, Introverts and Extroverts Can Be Good Friends. Here’s How
... Introversion and extroversion are on "opposite ends of a continuum" and not a binary, says William Chopik, a social-personality psychologist at Michigan State University. "People mostly fall somewhere in between those two extremes." Introverts are quieter, more introspective, deliberate, really into alone time. Extroverts are more talkative, outgoing, energetic, and very into socializing. Where you fall on the spectrum isn't static. For example, people tend to get a little more introverted as they get older, says Chopik, because of shifts in motivation, energy and lifestyle.
